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]NGO files complaint against Assam NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela
- Prateek Hajela, a 1995 batch IAS officer, was appointed by the Supreme Court to oversee the process in 2013.
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Updated on Apr 02, 2020 05:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Assam NRC goes offline, company points to contract that wasn’t renewed
The services contract to host the NRC data on cloud expired in October last year, said Wipro.
Updated on Feb 12, 2020 02:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Supreme Court moves out Assam NRC chief, gives Centre 7 days to shift him to MP
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi directed the government to notify the transfer within seven days.
Updated on Oct 18, 2019 03:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
The NRC is at odds with the citizenship Act
In a rush to complete the NRC and identify illegal foreigners, we’ve consciously chosen a procedure that will transform legal citizens of India into illegal immigrants. Isn’t this a matter of deep concern?
Published on Sep 07, 2019 06:32 PM IST
By Karan Thapar
Data errors, digitisation problems caused mismatch in list: NRC official
When the NRC state coordinator Prateek Hajela’s office announced the final list on Saturday, the total number of applicants was 33,027,661.
Updated on Sep 02, 2019 06:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Sadiq Naqvi
Prateek Hajela, the man at the helm of 6-year-long NRC exercise
Operating out of his office on the first floor of a multi-storied building in Guwahati’s busy GS Road, the 50-year-old IIT-Delhi alumnus put together a closely knit team that oversaw the Rs1,200 crore process that involved 55,000 officials and 66.4 million documents.
Updated on Sep 01, 2019 09:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Sadiq Naqvi
Prateek Hajela, the man at the helm of 6-year-long NRC exercise
Operating out of his office on the first floor of a multi-storied building in Guwahati’s busy GS Road, the 50-year-old IIT-Delhi alumnus put together a closely knit team that oversaw the Rs1,200 crore process that involved 55,000 officials and 66.4 million documents.
Updated on Jun 24, 2020 03:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Sadiq Naqvi
In Assam NRC final list, over 19 lakh people excluded
According to details made available by the state coordinator for NRC Prateek Hajela, a total of 19,06,657 applicants, of the 33 million who had applied to be included in the list that identifies Indian citizens, failed to make the final cut.
Updated on Aug 31, 2019 11:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Utpal Parashar
Not bothered by criticism, want NRC out on time: SC
NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela had brought to the court’s notice the statements made by Assam leaders on the NRC updation process.
Updated on Aug 09, 2019 03:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
‘Don’t bother about criticism, Assam NRC exercise to be completed by Aug 31’: SC
“Our orders, our actions are being subjected to debates and criticism every moment. We are not bothered by it. If we will go into all this, we will never complete the task,” the Supreme Court said.
Published on Aug 08, 2019 07:06 PM IST
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
Don’t engage district officials in non-NRC work: NRC state coordinator to Assam govt
The letter sent on July 21 by Prateek Hajela to the northeastern state’s chief secretary comes at a time when Assam has been hit by devastating floods in which 78 people have died, lakhs affected in most districts of Assam.
Published on Jul 26, 2019 12:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Sadiq Naqvi
NRC: Ensure fair procedure adopted
The court’s advice comes a day after media reported on the plight of a retired Indian Army subedar who has been declared a foreigner by a tribunal in Assam.
Published on May 31, 2019 08:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Supreme Court says no to extending July 31 deadline for finalising Assam NRC
The SC direction came after Prateek Hajela, the Assam NRC coordinator, informed the bench that many persons, who had objected to inclusion of certain individuals in the draft NRC, are not coming forward before the panels dealing with such complaints.
Published on May 09, 2019 11:40 AM IST
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
2.95 million out of 4 million left out of NRC draft claim for inclusion; nearly 700 objections filed
The actual number of deletions is likely to be much higher depending on the number of individuals who have staked their claim based on the documents of the persons whose citizenship is suspect.
Updated on Dec 31, 2018 03:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Sadiq Naqvi
Supreme Court nod to five more records for filing NRC objections in Assam
Those left out of the draft National Register for Citizens (NRC) for Assam now have more time to stake their claim to citizenship and can also use five additional documents besides the 10 allowed earlier, the Supreme Court said on Thursday.
Updated on Nov 02, 2018 11:40 AM IST
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Attempts on to include illegal migrants: NRC officer to Supreme Court
Prateek Hajela added that the demand to include all 15 documents for filing inclusion claims and objections was “more of political posturing than real requirement”.
Updated on Oct 26, 2018 11:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Sadiq Naqvi
Supreme Court seeks Centre, Assam reply on 5 NRC-related papers
The court even asked Hajela to give a PowerPoint presentation on the manner in which he had proceeded to prepare the manual and the computer family tree for the purposes of deciding the inclusion of names in the draft NRC.
Updated on Oct 24, 2018 11:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Only one lakh out of 40 lakh left out of Assam draft NRC list have filed claims so far
The complete NRC draft list, which was published on July 30, excluded 40,07,707 persons, who risk becoming illegal immigrants unless their claims for inclusion pass rounds of verification, which are likely to start once the process of submitting claims finishes on November 28.
Updated on Oct 22, 2018 03:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Sadiq Naqvi
Supreme Court accepts 10 documents authorities will use to settle NRC claims
The documents include land papers, permanent residential certificates, passports, LIC documents, birth certificates, educational certificates, government job papers and bank/post office accounts.
Updated on Sep 06, 2018 12:48 AM IST
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
Law provides for corrections through claims and objections, says IAS officer spearheading NRC
The IAS officer Prateek Hajela has been spearheading the mammoth exercise of National Register of Citizens since 2013 when he was appointed the state coordinator.
Published on Jul 30, 2018 06:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Sadiq Naqvi